03/28/2023 SOURCE: brownfieldagnews.com
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture is supporting a bill that would reduce barriers and increase access to capital for young, beginning and small farmers. Director Sherry Vinton says the bill raises the limit on assets that a beginning farmer can have while still qualifying for loans and tax credits. “This would be a big thing […]
NDA backs bill expanding capital for YBS producers - Brownfield Ag News
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog,
Missouri Supreme Court says state CAFO statutes are constitutional - Brownfield Ag News
The Missouri Supreme Court says local health ordinances must follow state laws and regulations when regulating Controlled Animal Feeding Operations. The Cedar County Health Commission and Cooper County Public Health Center challenged state statutes preventing counties from enacting inconsistent or extremely strict health ordinances on farms. The Missouri Supreme Court’s judgement, announced Tuesday, confirms the […]
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03/14/2023 SOURCE: brownfieldagnews.com
Ag and wildlife groups are partnering with the USDA to launch the Farmers for Soil Health initiative. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says it will advance the use of soil health practices by utilizing cover crops. “They expect and anticipate to use this resource that we’re providing to impact 1 million acres across 20 states,” he […]
$95 million grant signed launching Farmers for Soil Health initiative - Brownfield Ag News
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02/21/2023 SOURCE: brownfieldagnews.com
An ag economist says the total number of farms is declining and the size is increasing. The latest Farm and Land and Farms report from the USDA had average farm acres up 1 acre to 446 acres while the number of farms declined by around 10,000 to 2 million (for reference, in 2015 there were […]
USDA reports average farm size continues to grow - Brownfield Ag News
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Topics: Soybeans, GMO's, Ag Africa,
Soybean farmers seek new GMO markets in East Africa - Brownfield Ag News
Soybean farmers are in Kenya and Tanzania this week as part of a trade mission hosted by the USDA. Kansas farmer Lance Rezac representing the United Soybean Board tells Brownfield three weeks ago the new president of Kenya removed the country’s GMO ban. “We have talked to government officials over here. We have talked to […]
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Topics: Agriculture US, Water, Trade (Commodities),
Low Mississippi River levels could cause $20B in losses - Brownfield Ag News
AccuWeather forecasts economic losses of $20 billion from the Mississippi River’s historically low water levels. Senior meteorologist Paul Pastelok tells Brownfield the low levels have caused barge traffic to come to a near standstill, and he doesn’t expect any significant change in the levels until early next year. “We do have a couple of events […]
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08/23/2022 SOURCE: brownfieldagnews.com
NASA is collaborating with farmers to integrate satellite imagery and precision ag data to help support crop management decisions. At a stop on a Southeast Nebraska farm Monday, NASA Director of Earth Science Karen St. Germain said the agency is collecting and consolidating soil moisture, weather and biomass data for producers. “They know what to […]
NASA making data interpretation a priority to help farmers with crop management - Brownfield Ag News
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Topics: Agriculture US, Ag Tech,
Precision technology could aid farmers during future ag input spikes - Brownfield Ag News
Sky high ag input prices are top of mind for most farmers right now, but new sprayer technology has one farmer hopeful for the future. Northeast Iowa farmer Carl Dodge tells Brownfield just like everyone across the country, ““We are dealing with insanely high fertilizer prices and chemical prices.” He says that had him thinking […]
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07/05/2022 SOURCE: brownfieldagnews.com
The USDA is expecting a slight year-to-year decrease for second crop soybean planting. 4% of U.S. soybean acres are expected to be planted after another crop is harvested, compared to 5% in both 2021 and 2020, matching the 2019 total. The USDA says nearly 16 million acres of U.S. soybeans remained unplanted as of June […]
USDA sees fewer second crop soybean acres - Brownfield Ag News
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